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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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